Strong demand in Houston; availability is tight in West Coast ports; Argentina's Paraná River draft limits reduced.
Prompt HSFO is tight in the ARA; bunker supply tightens off Malta; LSMGO supply resumes in Durban.
Bunker report panellists include Island Oil Limited, Cockett Marine Oil Pte, Monjasa A/S and KPI OceanConnect.
Bunker demand is low in Singapore; LSMGO supply is good across several Japanese ports; VLSFO and LSMGO availability is good in Oceanic ports.
Following an alert by CTI-Maritec , MPA says it has yet to receive reports of vessels experiencing operational problems related to fuel bunkered in Singapore.
Testing of VLSFO samples from vessels in Singapore and Rotterdam encountering operational problems indicated it was blended with CNSL from undeclared source materials or production processes.
Good demand in Houston; bad weather disrupts Zona Comun bunkering; availability is tight in Port of Mobile.
HSFO remains tight in the ARA; supply has improved in Barcelona; LSMGO supply is dry in Durban.
Total bunker sales at Panama was 524,549 metric tonnes in October 2024, compared to sales of 433,448 mt during the similar period in 2023, according to...
‘The same historical quality concerns such as cat-fines and stability, sulphur and flash point remain, and isolated incidents of chemical contamination are still occurring,’ says FOBAS’...
